Loom for weaving mats



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`I,'54U;595a N. BRAUER f Loom FOR wEAvING MATS Filed March :5,1923 2Sheets-Sheet 2 A 4a ATTRNEY Patented June 2, 1925.

UNITED STATES NICKOLAUS BRAUER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

LOOM FOR .WEAVING MATS.

Application filed March 3, 1923.I Serial No. 622,709.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NIcKoLAUs BRAER, a citizen of the Republic ofHungary, anda resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, inthe county and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Loomfor Weaving Mats, of which the follow-ing is a full, clear, and exactdescription. 4 a

This invention relates to improvements in mats and its object is toprovide a particularly resilient floor covering of long life anddurability.

Another object of the invention is to provide a mat or Hoor coveringwoven from a single strand of material to produce a pleasing andartistic article of commerce. Still another object of the inventionresides in the provision of a device which may be produced from wasteand salvaged material Such as belt trimmings, strands of libre, paperand the like.

As another and more specific object, the invention contemplates theprovision of a mat of highly resilient nature, formed from a singlelength of rope, particularly for use in the pits at the pin ends ofbowling alleys, so as to afford a long lived cushion or pad upon whichthe pins and balls are received and arranged to deaden the sound andprevent inju to the pins 'or balls.

A still further b'bject is the provision of a mat which is so woven thatdirt and other foreign matter falling thereon will not accumulate on thesurface of the mat, but

` will pass through the same, thus keeping the mat 1n a sanitarycondition and rendering the saine easy to clean.

*With the above and other objects in View, the invention consists in thenovel construction, combination and arrangement of parts which will befully set -forth 1n the following specification, claimed, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a planview of a mat conl structed i-n accordance with this invention;

Figure 2 is an edge view of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a view similar to. Figure 1 of a mat in the course ofconstruction;

Figure 4 is a face view of the loom :illustrating the constructionthereof; and

Fi re 5 is a view similar to Figure 4, showmgfthe first step in theconstruction of a mat. l

Referring to the drawings in detail the lnumeral 10 designates in itsentirety the main supporting frame or loom upon which the mati's woven,and comprises a pair of standards 11 arranged in spaced parallelrelation.

Connecting the standards intermediate their'ends is a cross bar 12provided in its upper surface with equally spaced sockets 13, the use ofwhich will be more fully hereinafter described.

Secured in spaced parallel relation to the cross bar 12 is a cooperatingbar 14 formed with spaced openings 15 arranged in alinement with thesockets 13, through which a series of dowels 16 project.

As shown, the lower ends of the dowels 16 are received in the sockets 13and thus it will be seen that the dowels will be held in parallelrelation at equally spaced intervals. The dowels 16 at adjacent ends arealternately provided with hooks 16 for a purpose which will laterappear.

In constructing the mat, the strand of material, designated by thenumeral 17, is first laid upon the upper side ofthe bar 14 and passedback and forth between the dowels 16 as at 17 Upon reaching the enddowel, strand 17 is turned back upon itself, as at 17?, and is laid backand forth between the dowels 16 and on top of the first layer 17l1 as at17, this operation" being repeated until suiiicient material has vbeeninterwoven with and u n the dowels, after which the dowels, toget erwith the material, are removed bodily from thlframe 10 and laid Hat upona bench or ta e. a

The mat is then completed b attaching the long ree end of the stran 17to the hook 16 ofthe dowel 16 at the left, as shown in Figure 3, andwithdrawing said dowel so as to pull the strand through the spaceoccupied by the dowel.

The strand is then disconnected` from the dowel first withdrawn andattached to the hook 16 `at the opposite end of the next adjacent dowelwhich is withdrawn in the opposite direction, thereby forming the -bight17 This operation is repeated anni u of the dowels 16 have beenwithdrawn, leaving the filling threads 17 in their place, afterwhich theend 1.7f is bound to the'starting end 17, in any suitable manner suchas-by means of tie wires 18. Y

The result of the entire operation as described is toproduce a loosely`woven mat of flexible construction which will, after constant use,retain its original coniiguratlon.

' In the production of mats for bowling alleys, it has been found thatthe most suitable material, is about a three-quarter inch hemp ropeinterwoven from a single length in the manner described.

VThe natural resiliency of the material,

-together with the loose Woven construction',

provides an extremely resilient cushion or pa'd for the reception of thepins and balls which will effectively deaden the sound of the impact andprevent injury to the pins and balls.

Obviously the matl need not be made solely from rope, but artisticrunners, mats andfloor lcoverings of other descriptions may be made fromcontinuous pieces of other material, such as belt clippings and thelike, which are usually burned or otherwise disposed of. l

It Will thus be seen that a particularly cheap and-durable article isprovided which may be Wholly constructed from salvaged' material.

shown and, described the preferred em- A bodiment of this invention,itis to be understood that certain minor changes in the material,details of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, may beresorted to Without departing from the spirit and scope/of thisinvention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

A loom for Weaving articles from alength o f material including dowelsupporting members, one having openings therethrough and the otherhaving sockets aligned .with said openings, a plurality of dowelseXten'ding through the `openings. in the lirst-named member and havingadjacent ends seated in the sockets of the seeond-named member, andmaterial engaging elements carried by said dowels.

- NioKoLAUs BRAUER.

